Prayer:
Merciful God, teach us to live in paradox – give up so that we can receive, lose in order to find, to die so that we might live – for it is only when you run our lives that we are saved. Amen.
Prayer:
Merciful God, teach us to live in paradox – give up so that we can receive, lose in order to find, to die so that we might live – for it is only when you run our lives that we are saved. Amen.
Prayer:
Holy Jesus, lead us into the knowledge of your attention to us, into the understanding of how dearly you care for us, into the richness of your love for us, so that nothing can deflect us from love of you. Amen.
Prayer:
Eternal God, you hold all reality in your hand, you impart wisdom by your Word, you love us uncontrollably, give us such a sense of your presence that in and through our human experience, we may know you. Amen.
Prayer:
Merciful God, help us through your gift of healing to embrace our own brokenness, so that we may reach out to others with same spirit you reach out to us. Amen.
Prayer:
Eternal God, it is your glory always to have mercy. Bring back all who have erred and strayed from your ways; lead them again to embrace in faith the truth of your Word and to hold it fast; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one do, now and forever. Amen.
Prayer:
God, guide and empower us in what we chose to value. Give us the wisdom to seek the true treasures that have the security of your kingdom. Amen.
Prayer:
Gracious Father, in your mercy we have received all we need and more than we could expect. Make our hearts both alive in thanksgiving and expressive in service to our neighbor. Amen.
Prayer:
Merciful God, look patiently on me, bear with me, hang in there with me. For lots of reasons, particularly those involving my ego, I have harmed many, I have shamed myself, I missed the many treasures you have given. Help me to return to you, even though I know you have never let my side. Amen.
Prayer:
Holy Jesus, draw us to yourself, gently when possible, lovingly always, and when necessary, be tough on us when we get stubborn, but please, don’t give up on us and let us go our own ways. We need you. Amen.
Prayer:
Lord God, help me in the shadows and in struggle to realize your rule. Protect me from giving in to the obvious, to what others say, to the logic of it all. Give me eyes to see and ears to hear your reality. Amen.